Early Childhood Education Advanced Certificate

Instructional Program (CIP)

Description

A student who completes the Advanced Certificate in ECE is prepared to enter the early care and education profession as a highly skilled teacher of birth-preschool. The Advanced ECE certificate can also fulfill the Early Childhood Endorsement requirements from the Arizona Department of Education to assist elementary education teachers to earn their early childhood endorsement.

Credits Hours Required: 34

Note: A current Arizona fingerprint clearance card is required for students working in the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center. A current card in Pediatric First Aid and Safety will be required for graduation.

For certificate completion, 60 face-to-face observation hours and 90-180 practicum hours are required.

Program Requirements

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  ECE 200 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education Credits: 3


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  ECE 202 - Early Childhood Curriculum Credits: 3


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  ECE 222 - Introduction to the Exceptional Learner Credits: 3


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  ECE 230 - Language and Literacy Experiences Credits: 3


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  ECE 234 - Child Development Credits: 3


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  ECE 240 - Family and Community Partnerships Credits: 3


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  ECE 250 - Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Programs Credits: 3


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  ECE 260 - Child Guidance Credits: 3


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  ECE 270 - Health, Safety and Nutrition Credits: 3


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  ECE 280 - Observation and Assessment of the Young Child Credits: 3


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  ECE 291 - Early Childhood Practicum Credits: 4

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Early Childhood Education - Advanced Certificate program, the learner will be able to:

1. Build strong relationships with families through understanding, respecting and valuing the characteristics and cultures of both the families and their communities.


2. Articulate historical perspectives, as well as current trends, in the field of Early Childhood Education.


3. Apply relationship-based, trauma-informed, proactive strategies to promote pro-social development of young children, aged birth through 8 years.


4. Identify strategies to plan and implement instructional practices to promote literacy in children birth-age eight.


5. Use formal and informal observation techniques to document the development and learning in young children.


6. Provide developmentally appropriate, project based opportunities and environments that support the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language and creative development and learning in children birth-age eight.


7. Apply ethical and professional standards that emphasize reflective practices in working with young children, parents, other professionals and self.


8. Implement basic health, safety, and nutritional practices with young children as required by regulation.

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